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# t& M0 G' k0 J预定的D+1DAY,但是硫磺岛上的第37军将士惊讶的发现庞大的盟军部队已经悄无声息地撤退了,昨日激战的整个海滩今天却空空荡荡,只有还在海边游弋的盟军舰队告诉他们,敌军残部已经全部上船,看来盟军将要撤退无疑,帝国取得了硫磺岛防御战的胜利!
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3 H% q0 _4 a6 E7 O当天帝国海航和陆航机队联手演出了一个伏击,在父岛和母岛设置了两个小运输船分队,吸引27的58攻击机前来进攻,不知是计的盟军航母将攻击机设置为对海等待着KB的现身,结果58舰载机果然被吸引而来,全天被击落50多架地狱猫和40多架SBD,日军仅仅损失个位数的战斗机。
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8 h3 o4 R2 @" i2 ]3 ~$ iMorning Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74! S: A# B* ~: [) O1 n
& |3 T' X3 |8 z1 J) \1 ?Weather in hex: Severe storms& c/ j0 L( v. P
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Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
# j2 E( q. A8 l8 v. uEstimated time to target is 17 minutes( I9 B- s; v& I9 c0 B
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Japanese aircraft
% {' x2 V* `# G) I! d2 u N1K5-J George x 36
9 _$ X5 L! Z* m4 o6 e- r Ki-84r Frank x 41
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8 }/ V$ L" H8 u# o* {Allied aircraft
: [; }. s$ i4 H' X, Z) r! X4 `3 ^* L F6F-5 Hellcat x 1688 D1 }, l5 Z5 {. G$ s" u& s% q
SB2C-3 Helldiver x 32* `3 G9 l! i' i3 z& r, d" L
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Japanese aircraft losses& T# o! w2 z4 @* h, d! c9 y$ @# l
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
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F6F-5 Hellcat: 4 destroyed" b4 k+ V* F' w" r+ z
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
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xAKL Asukazan Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
% h$ F8 ~ O7 z xAKL Yanagigawa, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,755 e1 E- U& F. x* q+ l
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Weather in hex: Overcast S$ Y) V% _$ S) s! a
% a5 x( U$ @- }5 f3 e1 KRaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.2 V& B- X4 ]' z. m9 V3 t
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes! X6 [9 f$ B* B2 q; d5 y8 g
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Japanese aircraft, ]# l3 U1 S# Y2 b" w n( y/ l
N1K5-J George x 62
F. v* B/ l. l9 L: ^/ b6 z# h+ k Ki-84r Frank x 83! `& b5 E T4 d7 ~# ^! ]- U
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$ P t9 U- A2 R3 q7 x2 L- A- d F6F-5 Hellcat x 1516 F9 ~( _" s; e& r4 ^8 d
SB2C-3 Helldiver x 24
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9 c1 p6 g3 i0 a# [9 K! tJapanese aircraft losses
; `% u# L2 T7 p! ^# T4 q N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
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+ u2 u4 e# W( t7 p0 \Allied aircraft losses, q! P5 U/ W" m( v" N, x
F6F-5 Hellcat: 13 destroyed2 R w2 L1 Y5 ^+ j- ^" ^5 J
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 12 destroyed
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